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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

(crowd gasping and exclaiming) (crowd chattering) I heard that he'd been shot when a...

(crowd gasping and exclaiming) (crowd chattering) I heard that he'd been shot when a member of my staff
came into the living room at my home to tell me to
turn on the television and to take a look

Full Transcript

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(crowd gasping and exclaiming)
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(crowd chattering)
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I heard that he'd been shot
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when a member of my staff came into the living room
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at my home to tell me to turn on the television
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and to take a look.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
01:03:00
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show for a whole week.
(dramatic music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
(dramatic music)
The first time I ever saw my father cry - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
The first time I ever saw my father cry
He sort of, I think he kind of went numb a little bit. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
He sort of, I think he kind of went numb a little bit.
(dramatic music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
(dramatic music)
[Interviewer] What's the worst experience you had - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
[Interviewer] What's the worst experience you had
Very personally, it was a prejudiced act, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
Very personally, it was a prejudiced act,
♪ In heaven - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:31
♪ In heaven
In the work that we were doing - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:16
In the work that we were doing
Martin Luther King dedicated his life - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:12
Martin Luther King dedicated his life
He died in the cause of that effort. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
He died in the cause of that effort.
About a month after he was on "The Tonight Show" - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
About a month after he was on "The Tonight Show"
For a lot of us young Black and Mexican American men, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
For a lot of us young Black and Mexican American men,
(crowd cheering) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
(crowd cheering)
Every American, no matter what his background, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:11
Every American, no matter what his background,
(crowd cheering) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
(crowd cheering)
So I had been very much involved with Bobby, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
So I had been very much involved with Bobby,
And going to California, none of us were concerned - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
And going to California, none of us were concerned
Because of all the places, California was certainly - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
Because of all the places, California was certainly
When he was taken away from us, there was a void - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
When he was taken away from us, there was a void
The loss of Dr. King coupled with what happened - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:13
The loss of Dr. King coupled with what happened